Today's Footsteps to Learning About Common Core State Standards"Getting Started with the Common Core"
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Welcome to Getting Started with CCSS professional development training.Click the play button to begin.


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Edgewood's Transition to the Common Core
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Today's professional development, "Getting Started with the Common Core," has been organized into two sessions.The timeframe for each session can be found on your inservice day schedule.
This page, the table of contents, will lead you through today's learning.Return to this page as you complete each part of a session to access the next part.We hope you find this format easy to follow.
Today's GOAL: The teachers will recognize the philosophy of the Common Core reflects instructional shifts requiring curriculum and instructional changes for all teachers.


Session 1: Elements of the Common Core
Part 1: Use the link below to begin the journey.
Common Core Introduction
Part 2: Use the link below to move on to step 2.
Getting to Know the Philosophy, Content and Structure of the CC






Session 2: Common Core Exemplars
Part 1: Use the link below to begin your study of Exemplars.The Exemplars
Part 2: Use the link below to continue Session 2.Key Instructional Shifts
Part 3: Use the link below to learn about The CC FrameworkUnit Development
Part 4: Use the link below to access the Inservice ReflectionInservice Reflection


Teacher Resources and ToolsWe will continue to update and add additional resources and tools to these links as we learn more about the CC.We encourage you to use these resources, you will find some great unit models, lesson models, and project modelsthat can be copied or modified to fit your grade level curriculum and units. CC Tools for Teachers
Resources To Use To "not re-invent the wheel"
Digital Tools for Technology Integration